7.00pm The umpires are out there, prodding their feet into the outfield. As they do, the outfield seems to crumble under their soles. Not good signs at all. Big indentations created by just a shoe. You don't want your knee going in there.

6.45pm Tennis fans can head over to our sister site espn.in where you can watch Roger Federer in action at the Shanghai Masters. I don't mind if I do, either.

The outfield looks in really bad shape. Sawdust has been scattered across the ground, but it still looks really soft underfoot. Should it rain - and there is 47 percent chance of it - then the likelihood a game taking place will be next to none